Bob Harrington - Bob's Marriage Repair Kit

Bob Harrington - Bob's Marriage Repair Kit

released on LP

The marriage repair kit is the record (i.e. the mp3s included in the file). The "Chaplain of Bourbon Street" dispenses advice about how people should preserve their marriages. He also offers advice on whether people are ready to be married. I'm not sure I want marriage advice from someone who ended up getting divorced sometime after this LP was recorded because the guy engaged in some adultery. What this LP has going for it is a cool-looking cover and some interesting advice.

While some of Bob's advice offers suggestions for men in how to conduct their lives regarding their marriages, most of Bob's advice focuses on women. For example, Bob says that women should keep up their looks by continuously visiting the beauty parlors because according to Bob, this is God's will. Bob mentions his wife visits the beauty parlors at least twice a week. Perhaps why Bob gave in to temptation from other women who were interested in Bob because he was a celebrity was that maybe Bob's wife quit visiting the beauty parlors.

Too bad that Bob was more interested in himself at the height of his fame and he didn't bother to listen to his own record. He could have ended up saving his own marriage.

Tracklisting:

Side 1

1.  Bob's Marriage Repair Kit  {22:34}

Side 2

1.  Bob's Marriage Repair Kit [continued]  {22:25}

Music Effects

[uncredited artists] - Music Effects

released on LP in 1982

This is one of those LPs that is full of music cues for use in film, television or other types of productions. These could also possibly used for samples too. The tracks are grouped under categories such as moods, textures, tempos, etc. The track names are self-descriptive. I can't come up with anything else to say, so enjoy.

Tracklisting:

Side 1

OPENS AND ENDS

1.  Open with Cymbal Crash  {0:10}

2.  Open: Building Chords  {0:12}

3.  Open Same: Drums Only  {0:12}

4.  Open Same: Bass and Piano Only  {0:12}

5.  Drum Roll and Fade  {0:09}

6.  Big Show Opening  {0:07}

7.  Easy Ending with Bass, Piano, Drums  {0:09}

8.  Same with Horns  {0:09}

9.  Up Tempo Ending  {0:07}

10. Open: Scary or Weird  {0:17}

11. End: Scary or Weird  {0:20}

STINGS

12. Bass and Drums  {0:07}

13. Up Tempo  {0:05}

TEXTURES

14. Ominous  {0:30}

15. Cue 14: Bass and Horns Only  {0:24}

16. City Syncopated  {0:27}

17. City Syncopated with Bass and Horns Only  {0:26}

18. City Chase  {0:22}

19. Action Pattern: Drums Only  {0:27}

20. Action Pattern: Drums and Bass  {0:26}

21. Movement  {0:25}

22. Movement with Horns  {0:25}

23. City Life: Version 1  {0:37}

24. City Life: Version 2  {0:25}

25. City Life: Version 3  {0:26}

SOLO HORNS

26. Wah-Wah Horns  {0:26}

27. Wah-Wah Horns (underwater)  {0:26}

28. Start of Horse Race  {0:16}

29. Horn with Mute  {0:21}

30. Fanfare  {0:10}

TEMPOS

31. Samba  {0:22}

32. Disco  {0:48}

33. Disco: Drums Only  {0:47}

34. Waltz  {0:57}

35. Syncopation  {0:32}

36. Tango  {0:37}

37. Tango with Horns  {1:10}

38. Hora  {1:01}

39. Rhumba  {0:56}

40. March  {0:48}

41. Polka  {0:30}

Side 2

MOODS

1.  Cocktail Bar  {0:44}

2.  Cocktail Bar: Drums and Bass Only  {0:42}

3.  Swing  {0:28}

4.  Dread  {1:05}

5.  Bright Activity  {0:26}

6.  Oriental  {1:08}

7.  Oriental #2  {0:39}

8.  Lullaby  {0:27}

9.  Lullaby: Electric Piano Only  {0:25}

10. Silent Movie Pursuit  {0:52}

11. Jazz Moods: Rag  {1:13}

12. Jazz Moods: Boogie  {0:56}

13. Jazz Moods: Boogie Bass and Drums  {0:54}

14. Jazz Moods: Swing  {0:30}

15. Jazz Moods: Bebop  {0:27}

16. Jazz Moods: Progressive  {0:58}

17. Military  {0:33}

BASS AND DRUMS

18. Walking  {0:54}

19. Up Tempo  {0:51}

20. Slow  {1:08}

ELECTRIC PIANO

21. Runs Up the Scale (twice)  {0:13}

22. Run Up the Scale (slower)  {0:13}

BRIDGES

23. Trumpet and Sax (alto) Blues Riff  {0:21}

24. Jazz Bridge #1  {0:17}

25. Cue 19 with Drums and Bass Only  {0:16}

26. Jazz Bridge #2  {0:32}

27. Cue 21 with Drums and Bass Only  {0:31}

28. Horns: Sultry Trumpet, Mute/Sax  {0:40}

29. Cue 23: Full Group  {0:39}

Earl Nightingale - 20 Minutes That Can Change Your Life

Earl Nightingale - 20 Minutes That Can Change Your Life

released on LP in 1966

I spent 20 minutes of my life listening to this and I must say that those 20 minutes could indeed change my life. Sure I listened to a numerous amount of success-motivation life-improvement records in my life. However, I haven't felt as transformed into a new man as much as I have from listening to Earl Nightingale's 20 minutes. Good thing too as I cannot ever have those 20 minutes back.

Like many other humans, I have wondered why some people were successful in life while many more were not. Earl Nightingale certainly wondered about the same thing. From those 20 minutes, it becomes clear to me that I seem like such a loser in life because I have not been concerned with focusing my efforts towards obtaining more income and to be worth a lot of money by age 65. I have been wasting my time trying to contribute knowledge to society and helping people find information through my work in real life and in some ways my in my virtual life. I have tried to make the world a better place through education and enrichment. Alas, it turns out that I have been living life in the wrong manner.

Thanks to the smooth voice of Earl, I have righted the course of my life. From now on, I will strive to increase my income and therefore increase my wealth. I will be worth millions by age 65. I will have to put off my goal of becoming a professional librarian since professional librarians are underpaid therefore I will end up being worth only thousands by age 65 if I'm lucky. I suppose that I'll have to go get an MBA (Master's of Business Administration). That will be difficult because I can't afford to pay for more classes. Most of my paycheck is going towards paying student loans that were used for getting the Master of Library Science degree.

Then I remembered Earl talking about attitude on side 2. I need to change my attitude and emulate the attitude and personality of a person I want to be like. The person that Earl has in mind is someone who already has a high income and is projected to be worth a lot of dough at age 65. Gosh, there's no one like that in my chosen profession. Perhaps I need to read Fortune or Forbes to find a 1%er to emulate and admire. I'm sure the 1%ers have the right attitude while the rest of the people, who are being used to make more money for the 1%ers, seem to lack the right attitude.

Earl recommends coming up with at least 5 ideas per day on how to increase one's income. Earl says that one doesn't have to come up with any ideas on the weekend. He says that 25 ideas per week presents opportunities for achieving the goal of increasing income. He says some ideas are worthless while a few could be excellent. The point is to have a positive attitude and keep coming up with ideas to increase wealth, forget the rest of society, most of them are losers anyway who have a poor attitude. Earl says that the more one contributes to his efforts, the more rewards there will be for his efforts. It is implied that one must work more hours to get more money. BTW, the record is targeted at males meaning that the women are there to provide support for their men to increase their income while keeping the house clean and fixing meals. Another implication is that women don't need to increase their income. The top rungs of society must agree as they're still paying women less than men in the same jobs. Geez, if only those women weren't so darn uppity, they could go back to keeping house and serving the men in their quest for more income instead of striving for equality.

So, here are 20 minutes that too can change your life (or not you loser). At least, you get to hear the smooth voice of Earl.

Tracklisting:

Side 1

1.  20 Minutes That Can Change Your Life  {9:38}

Side 2

1.  20 Minutes That Can Change Your Life [continued]  {11:02}

Audio Fidelity Records - Live Mechanical Sound Effects In Stereo

Audio Fidelity Records - Live Mechanical Sound Effects In Stereo

released on LP in 1971

After rummaging through all of the few piles of records available at some thrift store, I came up with this one and some other record. I can't recall which one it was at the moment. It doesn't matter anyway. This record presented in this post is the prize find at that time. Most of the other records were the usual easy-listening popular performers that no one seems to want and the top-40 pop records by the likes of Barbara Streisand, Neil Diamond, Barry Manilow that seems to refuse to quit showing up at these places. I did enjoy eavesdropping on a conversation between two women in their 20s where they were making fun of the record covers although they were very familiar with Neil Diamond and some of the other pop records.

As you can already figure out, I prefer the sounds of machinery, jet engines, lawnmowers, pinball machines, electric pumps, and other mechanical devices over the sounds of Streisand, Diamond, and Manilow. The audio quality of these recordings is excellent. If like me, you enjoy this sort of thing, no doubt you'll enjoy this LP too.

Tracklisting:

Side A

1.  DC 8 Jet Taking Off  {0:29}

2.  Teletype Machines, Newsroom  {0:50}

3.  Car Crashing, Screaming Tires  {0:12}

4.  Electric Pump  {0:47}

5.  Racing Cars (Starting, Racing)  {0:50}

6.  Airplane Interior, Start Engines  {0:34}

7.  Diesel Engine (long train)  {0:43}

8.  Heavy-Duty Motors with Circuit Breakers  {0:26}

9.  Police Car Passing  {0:59}

10. Packaging Machine, Collator  {0:35}

11. Roller Coaster, Girls Screaming  {0:54}

12. Pinball Machine  {0:57}

13. Elevated Train  {0:30}

14. Airplane Interior, Taking Off  {0:56}

15. Lawnmower  {0:45}

16. Escalator Ride  {0:45}

17. Motorcycle: starts, circles, stops (squeal & skid)  {0:31}

18. Telephone Receiver, dial tone, dialing, ringing  {0:43}

19. New York Subway  {0:54}

Side B

1.  Clothes Dryer  {0:37}

2.  Cars and Trucks on Highway  {0:35}

3.  Elevator with Gate  {0:51}

4.  Bulldozer  {0:58}

5.  Adding Machine  {0:29}

6.  Stock Cars in Race: passing, turning, shifting  {0:43}

7.  Electrocardiograph  {1:37}

8.  Fire Engine  {0:35}

9.  Electric Mixer  {0:51}

10. Slot Machine  {0:23}

11. Freight Elevator  {0:21}

12. Packaging Machine: Shrink-wrapper  {0:32}

13. Electric Can-Opener  {0:14}

14. Turnstiles  {1:00}

15. Washing Machine: start, fill, wash  {1:26}

16. Auto Body Crusher  {0:29}

17. Small Cement-Mixer  {0:47}

18. Mechanical Toy  {0:34}

19. Chain-Drive, Overhead Door  {0:25}